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Chapter 211 The Contradictory King

After defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Phoenix Suns won 5 consecutive victories, but also ended their trip to the Eastern Conference and moved back to Phoenix.

While the Suns kept the league's No. [-] position in the regular season, they also received good news.

With his outstanding performance of 22.5 points and 10.7 rebounds last week, Stoudemire led the Suns to four victories and was elected the Western Conference Player of the Week last week. This is a recognition and affirmation of the Suns.

The best player of the week in the Eastern Conference was given to Rasheed Wallace of the Pistons. Only the Pistons in the Eastern Conference won a complete victory last week. Other teams have various problems and are still in the running-in period.

Although the Suns ranked first in the regular season, there are actually two Western teams that have maintained a complete victory. One is the San Antonio Spurs. The demon knife Ginobili returned from the Olympic victory, as if he has changed a person, with a strong player His aura and status have also improved a lot, and even the Spurs are also imposing, with an aura of who else is more apparent, this is the Suns' competitor.

The second is the Seattle Supersonics. After a season of running-in, Ray Allen's performance is getting better and better. Together with the gradually growing Lewis, he played a double star and made the Supersonics a dark horse, keeping pace with the young Suns. Compete for the top spot on the regular season leaderboard.

The next Phoenix Suns schedule is not easy, facing the challenges of the Western Conference one after another.

First of all, the first team to face is the Sacramento Kings, the powerful Western Conference.

Immediately afterwards, Nash faced his old club, the Dallas Mavericks, followed by the New Orleans Hornets and the Los Angeles Lakers. They are all playoff-level opponents. , of course, is also a challenge.

Time flies, two days later.

At 2004:11 p.m. on November 13, 8, at the American West Arena, the Phoenix Suns were at home, and the battle with the Sacramento Kings was about to start!

Before the game, media reporters were optimistic about the victory of the Phoenix Suns and pessimistic about the loss of the Sacramento Kings!
The reason why they are collectively optimistic about the Suns is not because the Suns rank first in the league in offensive firepower output, are in a hot state after winning five consecutive victories, rank first in the regular season, have extraordinary strength and a strong desire to fight.It's because there is something wrong with this Sacramento Kings team, it's sick, and it's still unclear.

As for the Phoenix Suns' strong offense, No. [-] ranking, extraordinary strength, fiery state, etc., they are all things that the Kings have obtained before, and they are leftovers now.

As a player who has made it to the playoffs for many consecutive years, guaranteed the Western Conference semifinals, lost in the Game 2002 of the Western Conference finals in 2004, and still reached the Western Conference semifinals in [-], how could the media reporters play a few good games because of the Suns? , so easily underestimate the Kings?
In fact, this season, the Kings had so many problems that they only got 4 win and 1 losses in the first 3 games of the new season.

And the roots of the Kings appear in the Princeton tactical system they rely on.

The so-called success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He!

The essence of Princeton tactics is to play team basketball. The concept requires everyone to be one, and one to be everyone.In terms of ball skills, every player is required to be able to respond to passes, run without the ball, and score offensively.

Therefore, such a requirement is basically based on the star embryo. Such a player, even if he does not play in the Princeton system, is also responsible for the strength of the team, and even has a great chance to become the core of the team.

This requirement sows the seeds for future conflicts.

In the Kings, if Webber is not injured, it is still the talented super insider.If Stojakovic is still a rookie and has not grown into an All-Star scorer, if he is more aggressive and hits the lore three-pointer in 2002, Webber is not injured at the critical moment, and the Kings can finally reach the NBA Finals , win a championship, all conflicts will not happen.

Webber is still the leader of the Kings, Stojakovic will not fight for status, and Adelman is not going against the original intention of Preston's tactical system to cultivate so-called superstar players. They need to stand up at critical moments and lead the ball. The team moves forward.

However, there are no ifs in this world. Webber will be soft at critical moments and get injured at every turn. Adelman did not win the NBA championship. If he wants to win, he will bet on the superstar instead of the team. The current situation of Stojakovic He also wanted to compete for a star player, so Bowe and Stojakovic started a secret fight for the position of the king's star player. Losing control of the field, team basketball has become a joke.

If the Kings were in a big city, there would be many ways to resolve conflicts. However, Sacramento is just a small city. When looking for players who can pass, run, and score, they are suitable for Princeton's tactical system. When Princeton's tactical system became popular and earned a reputation, the Kings couldn't keep anyone.

The former bench bandit left only Bobby Jackson, a master of chaos, but his defense was flawed, and he couldn't be like Iverson, the sixth man who became the star of a team.

It's not that Bobby Jackson doesn't want to leave, but that other players can easily find players who can be replaced, and the strength is not top-notch. Those who can be recruited are all very competitive players.

In such a team of falling kings, the two superstars in the team are fighting for each other. This time Webber played well, but Stojakovic played poorly. In the next game, Stojakovic played poorly. Well, Webber's condition is extremely bad, not talking about the team, it is against Princeton's tactical system of play, how can the sick Kings be favored, go to an away game to challenge Phoenix, which ranks first in the league, is in hot form and has a good momentum What about the Suns?

Just looking at the starting lineup of the Kings, it is very bluffing. It is still the five players of the golden generation of the Kings, point guard Mike Bibby, shooting guard Doug Christie, small forward Peja Stojakovice, big Forward Chris Webber, center Brad Miller.

The Suns' starting five are relatively fixed, and they are also star-studded. They are lined up, followed by point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Quentin Richardson, and power forward Sean Ma. Lyon, center Amare Stoudemire.

Both teams are known for their flamboyant offense, and both take offense to win the game as their philosophy. The offensive firepower is very violent, and the offensive rhythm is open and closed.

This game can be said to be full of highlights and full of gimmicks. It can be called a battle where sparks hit the earth. When the Dallas Mavericks switched to both offense and defense, who is the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the NBA?
Is the Phoenix Suns ranked No. [-] in the regular season high-quality?
Can the Sacramento Kings get back on track, and can the team's internal and external core join forces to defend against the enemy?
All will be presented one by one in this game, which really makes people look forward to it...

(End of this chapter)